Plants & Trees

Growing Tulipa: Tulip Facts

Posted in Bulbous Plants on February 22nd, 2012 by Dave Pinkney – Be the first to comment
Height 7.5-80cm (3-32in) Planting distance 7.5-20cm (3-8in) Flowers early to late spring Any well-drained soil Sunny site Bulbs available in autumn Almost every garden and every park boasts a display of tulips in spring — a factor that’s hardly surprising, given their availability, cheapness and the huge choice of colours and forms. The popular large-flowered garden Read more ...

Trilliums

Posted in Annuals, Biennials, Bulbous Plants, Uncategorized on February 22nd, 2012 by Dave Pinkney – Be the first to comment
Height 30-45cm (12-18in) Planting distance 15-20cm (6-8in) Flowers mid spring to early summer Rich, moist well-drained soil Partial shade Rhizomes available late summer and early autumn Trilliums flourish under woodland conditions so they should be given a shaded spot with humus-rich soil. They are extremely hardy. All three popular species have flowers with three petals Read more ...

Tigridia: tiger flower

Posted in Annuals, Biennials, Bulbous Plants, Uncategorized on February 22nd, 2012 by Dave Pinkney – Be the first to comment
Height 40-45cm (16-18in) Planting distance 15cm (6in) Flowers mid summer to early autumn Rich, well-drained soil Warm sheltered position Corms available in spring The flowers of Tigridia pauonia, a bulbous plant from Central America, last only a few hours in the morning, but they look so exotic that it’s worth finding a small space for them in the garden. They come out in Read more ...

Sternbergia: yellow star flower

Posted in Annuals, Biennials, Bulbous Plants, Uncategorized on February 22nd, 2012 by Dave Pinkney – Be the first to comment
Height 10-15cm (4-6in) Planting distance 10-15cm (4-6in) Flowers in autumn Well-drained soil Sunny sheltered site Bulbs available in summer With their brilliant yellow goblet-shaped flowers, this genus of crocus look-alikes provides a brilliant autumn display. In the wild these small bulbous plants grow in sunny rock crevices and scorched scrubland, and in the garden they Read more ...

Sparaxis: harlequin flower

Posted in Annuals, Biennials, Bulbous Plants, Uncategorized on February 22nd, 2012 by Dave Pinkney – Be the first to comment
Height 30-45cm (12-18in) Planting distance 10cm (4in) Flowers late spring to early summer Rich well-drained soil Sheltered sunny position Corms available in autumn Sparaxis tricolor is one of the few species in this South African genus available in Britain. It thrives in mild districts and elsewhere must be given a sheltered sunny location in south-facing rock gardens or Read more ...

Scilla: squill/bluebell

Posted in Annuals, Biennials, Bulbous Plants, Uncategorized on February 22nd, 2012 by Dave Pinkney – Be the first to comment
Height 10-45cm (4-18in) Planting distance 7.5-10cm (3-4in) Flowers from early spring to early summer Moist but well-drained soil Sun or partial shade Bulbs available late summer to late autumn This genus includes the bluebells that form such magnificent blue carpets in woodlands from mid spring to early summer. In the garden these colonize rapidly so they are ideal for Read more ...

Schizostylis: kaffir lily

Posted in Annuals, Biennials, Bulbous Plants, Uncategorized on February 22nd, 2012 by Dave Pinkney – Be the first to comment
Height 60-90cm (2-3ft) Planting distance 15cm (6in) Flowers in autumn Moist fertile soil Sunny sheltered site Rhizomes available in spring This splendid genus of autumn-flowering plants comes from South Africa. One species – Schizostylis coccinea – is relatively hardy in Britain, though it won’t survive in the coldest districts of the north and east. Its flower spikes Read more ...

Ranunculus: buttercup

Posted in Annuals, Biennials, Bulbous Plants, Uncategorized on February 22nd, 2012 by Dave Pinkney – Be the first to comment
Height 30-38cm (12-15in) Planting distance 10-15cm (4-6in) Flowers early and mid summer Humus-rich, well-drained soil Sunny site Tubers available late winter to mid spring Most species in the Ranunculus genus are herbaceous annuals or aquatic plants. The turban buttercup Ranunculus asiaticus is an exception, however, being a bulbous plant with tuberous roots. It is half-hardy Read more ...

Puschkinia: striped squill

Posted in Annuals, Biennials, Bulbous Plants, Uncategorized on February 22nd, 2012 by Dave Pinkney – Be the first to comment
Height 10-15cm (4-6in) Planting distance 5-7.5cm (2-3in) Flowers early to late spring Well-drained humus-rich soil Sun or light shade Bulbs available in autumn Puschkinia scilloides (syn.P. Liba-notica) is the only available member of this hardy genus from the mountains of eastern Turkey and Iran. It is a fine spring-flowering bulb that deserves to be seen more often. Its Read more ...

Oxalis: wood sorrel

Posted in Annuals, Biennials, Bulbous Plants on February 22nd, 2012 by Dave Pinkney – Be the first to comment
Height 5-10cm (2-4in) Planting distance 15-30cm (6-12in) Flowers in spring, summer or autumn Well-drained, humus-rich soil Sun or light shade Bulbs available in early autumn Many members of the wood sorrel genus are invasive weeds, but a few of these hardy, low-growing plants make graceful additions to a rock garden or as low edgings to borders. All have neat clumps of Read more ...
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